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| Astronaut Aldrin holding his handwritten Bible texts, at the right side of the fresco in the Holy House of Loreto, Italy |
NASA EMPLOYEES ARE NO LONGER FREE TO MENTION THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS; Alleged News.
According to Fox News, NASA attorneys say the Space Center's Newsletter needs to drop any mention of the Name of Jesus; Alleged News.
On Christmas Eve 1968 the Crew of Apollo 8 read the Creation Story as they orbited the moon.
Astronauts Jim Lovell, Frank Borman and Bill Anders took turns reading from the Book of Genesis.
NASA defended the astronauts after a federal lawsuit was filed against them re same.
The Supreme Court dismissed the suit due to lack of jurisdiction.
Bread, wine and chalice
When Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon, it was not only an historical moment, it was a religious one.
Aldrin, a church elder at Webster Presbyterian Church in Webster Texas at the time, spoke with his pastor Dean Woodruff to try to find a way to express the wonder and awe of the moon landing.
As a result, Aldrin took communion bread and wine with him, alongside a tiny silver chalice.
'Houston, this is Eagle'
Prior to stepping out on the moon, Aldrin called back to Houston, asking for some moments of silence.
'Houston, this is Eagle. This is the LM Pilot speaking. I would like to request a few moments of silence. I would like each person listening in, wherever and whomever he may be, to contemplate for a moment the events of the past few hours , and to invite each person listening, wherever and whomever he may be, to contemplate for a moment the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his own individual way.'
Then Aldrin poured the wine into the chalice his church had given him. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon, the precious wine slowly curled up the side of the cup.
The first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first sustenance ever taken there, was the precious Body and Blood of Christ.
I am the Vine, you are the branches
Before taking communion, Aldrin silently read a passage from the Bible, 'I am the Vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit, for you can do nothing without Me.' [John 15;5].
On the handwritten card of Buzz Aldrin a further text can be seen from the Psalm;
'When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy Fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the Son of Man, that Thou visited Him?'
Holy House of Loreto
A fresco in the Church of Loreto shows the astronaut in the Chapel of Worship.
Worshippers stop in the chapel to give honour to the astronauts of NASA, and offer silent prayer for their intentions.
I knelt in prayer in that chapel some months ago, and prayed for all past and present astronauts, and for all at NASA and in space programmes.
The luminous history of NASA in opening new frontiers in the Name of the Creator in Genesis, and the Name and Precious Body and Blood of Jesus Christ is one well known to us.
Call on NASA
We call on NASA to continue to allow Christians their First Amendment right - to speak of the Name of Jesus not only in worship, but with pride for all He has done for humanity.
Without our Saviour, the gates beyond the moon into the portals of Heaven would not have been opened, and we would all have been condemned to eternal banishment from the Presence of God.
If we, the people of God, do not speak of the Name of Jesus and sing His Praises, why the very stones would need to cry out in protest from the streets.
WHY NOT SIGN THE PETITION?
NASA bans the word 'Jesus'; Alleged News
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/02/08/nasa-bans-word-jesus.html
Holy House of Loreto
http://catholictradition.org/Mary/loreto1.htm
With thanks to TFP.org, foxnews.com, catholictradition.org
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